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Giving Power To The Indie Game Developer With Buildbox Founder Trey Smith
If you are a game developer and don't know Buildbox founder Trey Smith, get ready to take some serious notes.
Trey Smith owns a mobile game company with more than 55,000,000 downloads and is one of the most well known gaming figures in the mobile space.
He has 7 games that have broken the Top 30 in the App Store including The Line Zen, Phases, Jump Pack and Monster Magic.
If that weren't enough, Trey has built 4 separate 7-figure companies, been featured in The New York Times, and is the creator of Buildbox, arguably the best drag and drop game maker software out there (I believe it is).
Trey started making games like Jump Pack in 2010 which profited over $100k (and only cost $5k to make). He's seen the App Store evolve from cheap hacks to the “model and improve” strategy that he uses today.
Meet successful developers in-person at our Bluecloud Summit Live event in SF.
In my podcast interview with Trey, we talk about Apps, gaming, Buildbox, and creating top tier products while sustaining a balanced life.
Top Level Secrets : Old School Cheats & Hacks
When Trey's Jump Pack app hit the Top 25 Charts in 2011, he reached out to every ranked app developer to create an elite mastermind group and share top level information.
It paid off BIG TIME!
They shared secrets about naming their company for better ranking, keyword stuffing, and getting $0.02 clicks to keep apps on the charts and the money pumping in….life was good.
Trey even created an app called ‘Free' to capitalize on one of the strongest keywords in the App Store.
But it's not about the tricks anymore.
“As the competition increased, the tricks weren't working. It was more about building foundational business skills.”
Like any growing market, hacks become extinct while quality and business operations are the name of the game.
Creating Games Without Knowing How To Code (Buildbox)
There's a huge demand for people who want to create a game but don't know how to code.
Developers who can't code are tired of getting ripped off and relying on someone else to create their game. Not to mention the unknown quality and cost which is a huge risk when outsourcing.
Trey and his team stepped in and created Buildbox, a drag and drop game builder. The Buildbox software makes it easy for indie developers to create their own games without having to rely on a coder.
Because of it's huge popularity among indie developers, Buildbox has had more success than any other game builder software, COMBINED.
Buildbox is responsible for more than 40 games being featured by Apple and breaking the top 100.
Color Switch used Buildbox and received over 100 million downloads and is the longest game to hold the #1 ranked spot.
How to get Featured by Apple : 4 Requirements to Strike a Pub Deal
If you want to replicate the success of top apps like Color Switch, you need a publisher and you need to be featured by Apple.
Publishers have relationships with Apple representatives and know how to spot a product that Apple will want to promote.
Buildbox games are notorious for sparking deals with top publishing companies like Fortafy and KetchApp to boost rankings and get featured.
“If you think your game is GREAT, then it's 50% done. If you want to be with Ketchapp,
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If you are a game developer and don't know Buildbox founder Trey Smith, get ready to take some serious notes.
Trey Smith owns a mobile game company with more than 55,000,000 downloads and is one of the most well known gaming figures in the mobile space.
He has 7 games that have broken the Top 30 in the App Store including The Line Zen, Phases, Jump Pack and Monster Magic.
If that weren't enough, Trey has built 4 separate 7-figure companies, been featured in The New York Times, and is the creator of Buildbox, arguably the best drag and drop game maker software out there (I believe it is).
Trey started making games like Jump Pack in 2010 which profited over $100k (and only cost $5k to make). He's seen the App Store evolve from cheap hacks to the “model and improve” strategy that he uses today.
Meet successful developers in-person at our Bluecloud Summit Live event in SF.
In my podcast interview with Trey, we talk about Apps, gaming, Buildbox, and creating top tier products while sustaining a balanced life.
Top Level Secrets : Old School Cheats & Hacks
When Trey's Jump Pack app hit the Top 25 Charts in 2011, he reached out to every ranked app developer to create an elite mastermind group and share top level information.
It paid off BIG TIME!
They shared secrets about naming their company for better ranking, keyword stuffing, and getting $0.02 clicks to keep apps on the charts and the money pumping in….life was good.
Trey even created an app called ‘Free' to capitalize on one of the strongest keywords in the App Store.
But it's not about the tricks anymore.
“As the competition increased, the tricks weren't working. It was more about building foundational business skills.”
Like any growing market, hacks become extinct while quality and business operations are the name of the game.
Creating Games Without Knowing How To Code (Buildbox)
There's a huge demand for people who want to create a game but don't know how to code.
Developers who can't code are tired of getting ripped off and relying on someone else to create their game. Not to mention the unknown quality and cost which is a huge risk when outsourcing.
Trey and his team stepped in and created Buildbox, a drag and drop game builder. The Buildbox software makes it easy for indie developers to create their own games without having to rely on a coder.
Because of it's huge popularity among indie developers, Buildbox has had more success than any other game builder software, COMBINED.
Buildbox is responsible for more than 40 games being featured by Apple and breaking the top 100.
Color Switch used Buildbox and received over 100 million downloads and is the longest game to hold the #1 ranked spot.
How to get Featured by Apple : 4 Requirements to Strike a Pub Deal
If you want to replicate the success of top apps like Color Switch, you need a publisher and you need to be featured by Apple.
Publishers have relationships with Apple representatives and know how to spot a product that Apple will want to promote.
Buildbox games are notorious for sparking deals with top publishing companies like Fortafy and KetchApp to boost rankings and get featured.
“If you think your game is GREAT, then it's 50% done. If you want to be with Ketchapp,